Menu-card holder



M. W. BATTLE MENU CARD HOLDER June 24, 1924.

Filed June 19. 1923 Patented June 24, 1924.

MARY W. BATTLE, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

nnno cem) HOLDER.

Application filed June 19, 1923. Serial No. 646,368.

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY W. BATTLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, the city and county of Denver, and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Menu-CardHolders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,.and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertainsto make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon,

- which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to menu card holders and has reference to animproved means for holding the card in place.

In menu card holders of this type, it is necessary to provide meanswhereby the card can be readily removed, and whereby the same can besecured in place with a minimum amount of work.

It is customary in this "type of holders to provide the holder with apair of spaced hooks which are adapted to project through the crease inthe card and to connect the ends of the hooks by means of a rubber band.

This construction, although it is practicable, is not as desirable as itshould be and it is my object to improve thereon.

In my present invention, I secure to the hinge pin a pair of spacedhooks which have a shank portion projecting through the menu. card.Instead of connecting the hooks with an elastic band, I provide a wirewhich has an opening near each end and which carries clamps that areadapted to engage the shanks and hold the wire in place.

In order to better and more clearly describe my invention, I shall havereference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a menu card holder in partly openposition, showing the menu card held in place by my improved means.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the hinge portion of the holder detachedtherefrom.

Fig. 3 is a section of the hinge portion taken on line 33, Fig. 2.

"Fig. 4 is a side elevation'of the card re taining wire.

Fig. 5 is a section ofa portion of Fig. 1 taken on a line correspondingto line 3-3, Fig. 2, showing the construction of the clamping member andthe manner in which it is applied to the projecting member.

are doubled over and have their creased side notched to forminter-engaging members 6 and 7 through which the hinge pin 8 passes.Secured to the hinge pin 8are two projecting members9 and 10 which arepreferably formed from a piece of wire which is doubled on itself toform the pins 9- and 10. One end 11 of the wire is bent into the shapeof an eyelet which embraces thehinge pin 18. TThe other end 13 of thesewires is bent at right angles to the projections or shanks 9 and 10 andhas at its extreme end an eyelet 14 which is adapted to receivea' pin 15whose inner end projects into the opening in the hinge and which is heldtherein by means of solder 16. It is apparent that the projectingmembers 9 and 10 are free to rotate, to a limited extent, about the axisof the hinge pin 12 and that by engaging the part 13 with the finger,the projecting parts 9 and 10 may be held so as to point in any desireddirection whereby they can be readily inserted into openings in thecrease of the menu card 17. In order to hold the menu card in place, Iprovide a rod 18 which has at each end an eyelet 19. These eyelets arespaced apart the same distance as the projecting portions 9 and 10 inorder that they may receive the projection. For the purpose of holdingthe rod 18 inplace, I provide clamping members 20 which may be solderedto the ends of the wire or otherwise connected thereto. Each clamp 20consists of a casing 21, the opening through which is tapered asindicated by numeral 22. Within the casing thereis reciprocably mounteda tubular member 23 whose inner end is split and provided with cammembers 24. A spring 25 surrounds the tubular member and abuts its endsagainst the cams 24 and the inwardlyturned flange 26 on the end of thecasing.

The members 9 and 10 project into the opening in the tubular members 22and the rod 18 is held against withdrawal by the clamp ing action of thecams 24 in a manner readily apparent from an inspection of Fig. 5. Thetubular members 23 have heads 27 which may be grasped whenever it isdesired to release the rod 18.

I have shown the rod 18 as provided with eyelets or openings near eachend, but it is evident that the rod may have its ends extending beyondthe openings. If, for any reason, it might be found desirable to do so,the parts 18 and 14 may be omitted.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided a simple andfiective means for securing a menu card in place in a holder. Myretaining means is positive in its action, of neat and substantialconstruction and can be readily applied and removed.

Having now described my invention, What I claim as new is:

1. A menu card holder comprising a twopart cover hingedly connected, apair of shanks secured to said holder near the hinge thereof, a rodprovided with two spaced openings adapted to cooperate with said shanks,and means comprising a pair of clamping members for removably securing Ithe rod in place, the clamping means being constructed to encase andconceal the said shanks.

2. A menu card holder comprising two cover members, each provided withinteren a in hin e ortions a bin e in cooperating with said hingeportions, a pair of projecting members secured to said hinge pin atspaced points, a rod having openings spaced apart a distance equal tothe distance of the projecting members whereby the latter may enter theholes, and spring operated clamping means cooperatively related to therod and the projecting members for holding them in operative relation,the clamping means being constructed to encase and conceal theprojecting member.

3. A menu card holder comprising in combination two cover members eachprovided with a plurality of complementary inter-engaging hingeportions, a hinge pin cooperating with said hinge portions for thepurpose of hingedly connecting the cover members, and a member movablyconnected with the hinge pin, projecting outwardly there.- from andhaving a portion extending parallel therewith to facilitatemanipulation.

4:. A menu card holder comprising a twopart cover hingedly connected, apair of shanks secured to said holder near the hinge thereof, a rodprovided with spaced openings adapted to cooperate with said shanks andmeans comprising a pair of securing members for securing the rod to saidshanks, the securing means being constructed to encase and conceal thesaid shanks.

In testimony whereof I a'lfix my signature.

MARY W. BATTLE.

